Did America lose because of America?

Or something like that. Consider Fox News Channel's text banner (from Think Progress):

Let's take a look at some numbers from the Iowa caucuses:

	Turnout					Populist Total
Republican	120,000	Huckabee 34%	40,800	Paul, 10%	12,000	52,800
Democrat	220,000	Obama, 38%	83,600	Edwards, 30%	66,000	149,600
Total	340,000					202,400

* - Is Ron Paul a populist? He's definitely anti-establishment.

So, 60% of the voters in the Iowa caucuses went for a populist (50% if you exclude Ron Paul's constituency). Who the hell is Fox kidding?


posted by Quiddity at 1/05/2008 05:08:00 AM